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North Korea says its latest attempt to launch satellite failed (www3.nhk.or.jp)

submitted 5 months ago by Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] wagesj45@kbin.run 37 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I'm actually really surprised they admitted it.

There's nothing "wrong" with things like this happening, per se. All new tech has growing pains and failures. But for North Korea to actually admit failure in anything is surprising to me. I would have expected them to keep their failures quiet or to blame them on external adversaries.

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's also common for governments to say their spy sats failed so that it's more ambiguous what assets they have. I don't know if someone has a telescope tracking shot though, that could probably confirm or deny.

[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago

You can almost be certain other countries' intel agencies were watching the entire time.

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 9 points 5 months ago

Yeah, even Iran blamed the US for their helicopter crash that killed their president because of the US embargo on quality parts.